Life in Belfast as represented on its walls – Murals, Graffiti, Street Art

Here are two images of memorials dedicated to local residents without any apparent connection to politics. The picture above shows a painting of poppies on the garden wall of Susan Davidson’s house in Tigers Bay, Belfast. The image below is of a plaque in Creggan, London-/Derry/Doire to Billy and Shiela Quigley, who died in a car cash in 2004.

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Some of the most familiar murals are listed together just below 'For Beginners'.

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For Beginners

See our Visual Histories of the Jackson murals, Free Derry Corner, The International Wall, Northumberland Street, Iron Maiden's Eddie The Trooper, Walter Paget's The Birth Of The Irish Republic, and more.